News in 2012
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Antarctic lake mission called off
27 December 2012
In the early hours of Christmas Day Professor Martin Siegert, Principal Investigator of the Subglacial Lake Ellsworth experiment, confirmed that the mission to drill into the lake has been called off for this Antarctic season. Drilling was proceeding well during the weekend after a replacement part was fitted to the boiler used to heat water for drilling.
Dr Jo House's work on carbon emissions from land use change published in Biogeosciences
14 December 2012
Cabot Institute Fellow Dr Jo House has her work on carbon emissions from land use and land cover change published in Biogeosciences.
British team set to access and sample one of the last unexplored environments on Earth
12 December 2012
This week, a British team of scientists and engineers, led by Professor Martin Siegert of the University of Bristol, realise a 16 year ambition to drill down through over 3 km of Antarctic ice into an ancient buried lake. The team hopes to find signs of life in the water and clues to the Earth’s past climate in the mud at the lake floor.
Health services need to become more sustainable say researchers
7 December 2012
Health services need to do more to tackle climate change and resource depletion if they are to cope with the soaring prevalence of chronic illness say the authors of a new book.
Government investment announced for National Composites Centre which helps develop environmental technologies
5 December 2012
Chancellor George Osborne today announced an investment of £28m to enhance the capabilities and capacity of the National Composites Centre which has world-class expertise and industrial-scale facilities that are being used to develop the technologies which will result in more fuel efficient land, sea and air vehicles as well as, for example, the next generation of wind and marine renewable energy devices.
British team embark on ambitious Antarctic mission
5 December 2012
In December 2012 a team of British scientists, engineers and support staff, led by Professor Martin Siegert of the University of Bristol, will drill through 3km of solid ice into subglacial Lake Ellsworth in Antarctica. Their mission – to search for life forms in the water and clues to past climate in the lake-bed sediments – is one of the most exciting and ambitious explorations of our time.
Accurate flood forecasting gets closer
4 December 2012
Heavy rainfall and the problems of flooding in towns have never been far from peoples' minds or the news headlines over the past few weeks. Now Cabot Institute Director Paul Bates say that new research will help to accurately pinpoint which individual streets are most at risk from flooding during severe rainstorms.
£2 million for risk management of natural hazards
4 December 2012
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, ash clouds, floods, droughts and storms can have a catastrophic impact on lives and economies around the world resulting in billions of dollars in financial losses. A new £2 million project, led by Cabot Institute researchers at the University of Bristol, aims to better assess uncertainty and risk of natural hazards.
Cabot Institute Director wins Lloyds Science of Risk Prize
30 November 2012
Professor Paul Bates, Director of the Cabot Institute and Professor of hydrology at the University of Bristol, has won this year's Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in the category of Natural Hazards for his work on flood modelling. He is also co-author of the winning entry for the prize's other category, Climate Change.
A Nature hat trick at the University of Bristol
29 November 2012
Three papers by researchers from the University of Bristol's Faculty of Science are published in this week's edition of Nature, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.
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